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<span id="date"><dfn>Date</dfn>: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 23:17:41 +0100</span><br /><br>
</address> <pre> </pre> Dear Collaborators,
<br />Solar activity is at a low level. The target region NOAA 12820 has generally
maintained spot area since the last message while developing small spots in
its interior. This region continues to be classified as a beta/D-type sunspot
group. The bipolar flux region located slightly to the West of 12820 has now
been designated as NOAA 12821 (a beta/C-type sunspot group). NOAA 12820 has
continued to produce multiple B-class events since the last message, but the
largest flare in the period was a C2.6 event on 26-Apr-2021 at 01:17 UT from
decaying NOAA 12816. The target remains as NOAA 12820 for the next 24 hours,
but observers are encouraged to include the trailing portion of 12821 in the
field-of-view if at all possible (because the trailing spot of NOAA 12821 is
moving towards the opposite polarity leading spot of NOAA 12820). Continued
B-class activity is expected in the following 24 hours, with a good chance
for a C-class flare.
<br />The position of NOAA 12820 on 26-Apr-2021 at 22:00 UT is:
<br />S22W18 , ( -274&quot;, -290&quot; )
<br />See <a href="http://www.SolarMonitor.org">http://www.SolarMonitor.org</a> for images and
<a href="http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/ops/observing.shtml">http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/ops/observing.shtml</a>
for a description of the current Max Millennium Observing Plan. <br />Regards,
<br />Shaun Bloomfield (Northumbria University)
<span id="received"><dfn>Received on</dfn> Mon Apr 26 2021 - 16:18:04 MDT</span>
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